With Colorado already near the bottoms of the standings, and Calgary likely to be a lottery team as well, there's no way I'd match the offer sheet. Even if neither win the draft lottery, it's still likely 2 top 10 picks - right now, they'd be picking 6th and 8th.

Yeah I don't get it. They get a good player, but not great. And at the end of the contract they have to qualify him at the $6.5M. On top of that you give up a pick that could easily be a better player? Why???

sniper wrote:Yeah I don't get it. They get a good player, but not great. And at the end of the contract they have to qualify him at the $6.5M. On top of that you give up a pick that could easily be a better player? Why???

Because the Flames refuse to rebuild. They go out and sign all the FA's over the years in hope of getting that 8th seed and making the playoffs and hopefully finding that player that can play with Iginla that could lead them to the cup. That team should of been blown up years ago but refuse to go down that path. Now as a result there going nowhere and as a result of years of tanking, their rival the Oilers are starting to look like a promising team.

I'm gonna take the other side of this actually...good for Calgary...it's about time they take a chance...ever since that Gilmour trade, they've recycled the same crap, the same un-recyclable garbage every year. I feel like Tanguay, Cammalleri, Langkow, etc. have been lost and re-bought, worse for wear and tear, a dozen times each at this point. They haven't had a center in forever, they haven't flushed their system in forever, they're stuck in hockey's version of limbo until Kiprusoff keels over...**** it...what do you have to lose? You're the worst run franchise in the National Hockey League and the only one that comes close is Columbus and that's an expansion team, who cares...

If I'm Calgary I see this thing through though...this is a horrible idea for a band-aid, it's a great idea to start a revolution. Flush the whole thing. All at once, shock the system. Just top of my head (no need to nitpick each move for value, I'm not thinking about it)

Tanguay -> Boston for KoKoCammalleri -> San Jose for NietoIginla -> Pittsburgh for Maatta, Jeffrey and a 1stStempniak -> Whoever will take him for a 3rd and a long shot prospectHudler -> Florida for Trochek or GrimaldiBouwmeester -> Detroit for SproulWideman -> amnesty buyout, **** him...Stajan -> Washington for a 4thSarich -> Throw him that Iginla deal to Pittsburgh, why not...Kiprusoff -> Chicago (assuming Crawford loses one of these games) for a 2nd and Fournier/Olsen/Johns

mikey287 wrote:I'm gonna take the other side of this actually...good for Calgary...it's about time they take a chance...ever since that Gilmour trade, they've recycled the same crap, the same un-recyclable garbage every year. I feel like Tanguay, Cammalleri, Langkow, etc. have been lost and re-bought, worse for wear and tear, a dozen times each at this point. They haven't had a center in forever, they haven't flushed their system in forever, they're stuck in hockey's version of limbo until Kiprusoff keels over...**** it...what do you have to lose? You're the worst run franchise in the National Hockey League and the only one that comes close is Columbus and that's an expansion team, who cares...

If I'm Calgary I see this thing through though...this is a horrible idea for a band-aid, it's a great idea to start a revolution. Flush the whole thing. All at once, shock the system. Just top of my head (no need to nitpick each move for value, I'm not thinking about it)

Tanguay -> Boston for KoKoCammalleri -> San Jose for NietoIginla -> Pittsburgh for Maatta, Jeffrey and a 1stStempniak -> Whoever will take him for a 3rd and a long shot prospectHudler -> Florida for Trochek or GrimaldiBouwmeester -> Detroit for SproulWideman -> amnesty buyout, **** him...Stajan -> Washington for a 4thSarich -> Throw him that Iginla deal to Pittsburgh, why not...Kiprusoff -> Chicago (assuming Crawford loses one of these games) for a 2nd and Fournier/Olsen/Johns

Purge the rest, start again.

Interestring take on this. I will say you have something here because atleast there going to get a guy who does have potential, instead to recyclng old crap like what they been doing in the past. My problem is I don't know if there looking at this as a full rebuild but a band-aid. I do what you suggest, purge the system and start the rebuild because there not going anywhere if thy keep down the path there walking down.

Speaking of the Flames, what do you think about the guy the Flames got in the first round Mark Jankowski? People panned on this pick because of how far off he is in his development (others called this pick a project) but what do you think?

columbia wrote:They could have flushed the system with all of the above and retained the lottery pick. If you are going to suck, you need to do it all the way.

This.

Yep. All flushing the system does now is guarantee Colorado a great pick. Their move is completely idiotic. They are going for the playoffs this year in exchange for what is likely to be a better player. I doubt they make the playoffs even after this move. It makes zero sense.

Knowing the avs, they matched because his 1st year salary is $3.6m, which they're happy to pay. but i'm sure they'll trade him before that 6.5m kicks in (unless theres a rule against trading guys signed on offer sheet).

Knowing the avs, they matched because his 1st year salary is $3.6m, which they're happy to pay. but i'm sure they'll trade him before that 6.5m kicks in (unless theres a rule against trading guys signed on offer sheet).